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the Satyroi (Satyrs) laughing, Erotes (Loves) all in gold, Kythere (Cytherea) laughing together with handsome Lyaios (Lyaeus), Eros (Love) and Aphrodite." " Put vines on it for me with bunches of grapes on them. "Anakreon tuned his lyre and threatened that of the Erotes (Loves) did not at once wound the youth, he would never again strike up a song in their praise." " You are violent and wicked, and you do not know against whom you will hurl your weapons."Īnacreon, Fragment 445 (from Himerius, Orations) : she adorns the Erotes' wings and tresses with gold and urges them on in procession before the chariot, waving their torches in the air."Īnacreon, Fragment 445 (trans. " After the contests she goes into the bridal chamber, garlands the room and makes up the bed, then she (gathers) the girls into the bridal room and brings in Aphrodite herself on the Kharites' (Charites', Graces') chariot with her chorus of Erotes (LOves) to join in the fun. Sappho, Fragment 194 (from Himerius, Orations) : "May I delight in the graces of Aphrodisian Erotes (Loves)." "Aphrodite the heavenly mother of Erotes (Loves)." HYMENAIOS (Hymenaeus) The god of the wedding ceremony.ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES Aphrodite, Eros and the Erotes, Greco-Roman fresco from Pompeii C1st A.D., Naples National Archaeological Museum HIMEROS The god of sexual desire who accompanied Aphrodite from the moment of her birth. He was once a handsome winged youth, like the other Erotes, but his form was merged with that of the Nymphe Salmakis in answer to her prayers that the two should never be apart. HERMAPHRODITOS (Hermaphroditus) The hermaphroditic god. HEDYLOGOS (Hedylogus) The god of sweet-talk and flattery. He was the most mischievous of the Erotes, who randomly shot out love-inducing darts from his golden bow. He was the eldest of the Erotes born at the creation of the universe.ĮROS (2) The god of love. He was sometimes also the avenger of unrequited love.ĮROS (1) The ancient god of love and the agent of natural procreation. THE NYMPHAI (Philostratus the Elder 1.6)ĪNTEROS The god of mutual love, or love returned. APHRODITE (Pindar Eulogies Frag 122, Aeschylus Suppliants 1039, Orphic Hymn 55, Ovid Fasti 4.1, Ovid Heroides 7.59, Seneca Phaedra 274, Valerius Flaccus 7.171, Colluthus 82, Nonnus Dionysiaca 33.4) In later art, especially mosaic, they were portrayed as putti (winged infants). In Greek vase painting the love-spirits were depicted as winged youths or children. The Erotes were purely creatures of poetic invention with no distinct mythology of their own. The lyric poets multiplied them into a numberless host of winged putti. Twin Erotes, Eros (Love) and Anteros (Love Reciprocated) were often portrayed gracing the scales of love. Their number was varied-Hesiod describes a pair, Eros (Love) and Himeros (Desire) who were present at the birth of Aphrodite, while later writers add a third, Pothos (Passion), to create a triad of goldings. THE EROTES were the winged gods of love, a multiplication of the god Eros. Loves ( erôs) The Erotes Eros, Himeros and Pothos, Athenian red-figure stamnos C5th B.C., British Museum